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Phil
11:02
Jim Joyce has it all. Facial hair, attitude, accuracy.
Jeremy
11:03
Going with another dessert beer: Cold Garden Cakeface.
Cowboy Joe West
11:03
Thanks Mr Szymborski all my CDs are available at your local flea market.
Jeremy
11:03
+1 for Jim Joyce.
Quarantino Martinez
11:03
That's pretty crazy that there's never been a leadoff home run in WS history. Though I guess that's only 117 games?
Jeremy
11:04
I seem to recall an old FG post showing that the youngest umps tend to be the best at calling balls and strikes?
AvatarDavid Laurila
11:04
Derek Lowe threw 88 pitches in Game 4 of the 2004 ALCS versus the Yankees, then came back on two days rest to allow one run and one hit over six innings in Game 7. Most-underrated pitching performance in recent postseason history IMO.
AvatarDan Szymborski
11:05
Nto sure if we did something, but I remember this piece.
ChuckNChino
11:05
Joyce won me over after he tearfully apologized about missing The Call
Lzfreak
11:05
I've always wanted Maton to rhyme with "baton"
GoBarves
11:05
Oooo that's a good one. Loved 2000s Derek Lowe
Phil
11:06
Yes, you're right about Lowe. A victim of the wins rule (ND in game 4) plus overshadowed by the offense in g7.
Russ
11:06
Ah yes, Derek Lowe, former Braves great.
AvatarAlex Sonty
11:06
Eddie Rosario with the professional hit
GoBarves
11:07
Glavine in 95 was awesome too, but properly rated as WS MVP
AvatarDan Szymborski
11:07
If framing is a skill for catchers, hypnotizing Eric Gregg counts as a skill for pitchers
RTJ
11:07
love Smoltz's insight on too many strike outs make it hard to win. Brilliant
AvatarDan Szymborski
11:08
I admit to being surprised that the scoring just kinda stopped
AvatarDavid Laurila
11:08
We might be setting a FanGraphs postseason-game-chat record for least commentary on the game itself, but man... this is anything but a compelling barnburner.
AvatarDan Szymborski
11:09
Our content rate is similar to game leverage index, I think
At least our off topic is mostly baseball related
AvatarAlex Sonty
11:09
I can't tell you the last time I went to a game and talked about the game. I was legit, like, 12.
ChuckNChino
11:10
HOU never got started on the scoring
LFC Mike
11:10
that stat is highly correlated to Dan being on the chat
AvatarDan Szymborski
11:10
heh
11:11
We did ALCS Game 3 this year and after it went 9-0, I think we mostly just shared recipes
Portlandus
11:11
My biggest gripe with the MLB schedule is that 10+ teams are basically eliminated from playoff contention after 1/4 of the season. Any way to address this?
AvatarAlex Sonty
11:11
They should try winning more.
BigDaddeh
11:11
related to both comments - my 12 year old is downstairs playing MLB the show on xbox, and every once in a while wanders up to check on the store and then leaves uninterested upon hearing 5-1
AvatarDan Szymborski
11:11
Here's the problem - if you have everyone contending much later into the season, you'll also have fewer great teams
11:12
a team in which everyone contends all year is also won where playoff teams are 86-76
one
ChuckNChino
11:12
was really hoping for choas
Quarantino Martinez
11:12
Is it weird that MLB can place a digital ad on the pitcher's mound, all convincingly angled and lit? We are living in an age of miracles!
Shaquille Oatmeal
11:12
At least people don't watch the World Series for the commercials and 5th inning show.
AvatarAlex Sonty
11:12
fine with the ads
Jeremy
11:13
Here in Canada we have a choice of two different tv announcing crews. The Canadian equivalent of ESPN seems to have drafted in their own crew, rather than just rebroadcasting the Fox feed like they did in earlier rounds. Unfortunately, the Canadian crew is just as boring as the Fox crew.
AvatarDavid Laurila
11:13
I wonder if Canada’s French-language broadcasters are there? Have seen them at past Series.
ChuckNChino
11:13
was really hoping for chaos in the playoffs -- but nope
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